Soviet invasion of Manchuria

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The Soviet invasion of Manchuria, formally known as the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation or simply the Manchurian Operation (Маньчжурская операция), began on 8 August 1945 with the Soviet Union's invasion of the Empire of Japan's puppet states of Manchukuo and Mengjiang, in Japanese-occupied Manchuria and Inner Mongolia respectively. It was the largest campaign of the 1945 Soviet–Japanese War, which resumed hostilities between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Empire of Japan after almost six years of peace. The invasion began two days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and one day before the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The Soviet entry into the war against Japan is often considered a major factor, alongside the atomic bombings, in the Japanese government's decision to surrender unconditionally by 15 August. The Japanese government had previously hoped the Soviet Union would act as a third party, and end the Pacific War by negotiating a conditional surrender for...

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